Un-Active?

Yesterday I went to my dancing lessons. An  hour later I had almost every leg muscle soaring (and it is a 2hour class), and they still do.

Why? Seriously, I don't know... maybe it's the cold weather, or maybe I was a little too enthusiast about my dress and should have done a little bit more of physical activity. Maybe a week between my dancing classes is a little bit too much and  I should practice twice a week. I will try to start practicing on my own on fridays or at least try to.

Another thing I notice is that I totally forgot is about ab work, Ive been so busy in everything else that I completely forgot about my routine. And it seems human body is so lazy that if you forget for a little period of time of a physical activity you have to start from scratch like if you had never in your hole life made it before. That is really frustrating but, for the sake of my dancing I should start with that routine as soon as possible.

My solo dress :-)

Well I have advanced in my project since last time I
wrote. I even took some pictures... :-)

This are the fabrics I choose :-). The greenish one is for the bodice, the blue one for the pleats, grey for the waist and the white one is really a silver very transparent fabric I will use for details.

The sleeve pattern on the fabric, ready to be marked :-)

 

For the inside I used the reverse side of my main fabric and sew it very tidy.

This is the sleeve already cut. The black thing is another fabric for inside extra support.  The grey triangle is the transparent silvery fabric (it's seriously horrible fabric to sew :-( )

This is the waist/belt. The pale fabric below is the one that will give support and where I'm going to sew the panels.

 This are the parts of the bodice. I already sew them all together, it was tough because when I tried the pattern I did it in another fabric; and I didn't took into account my fabric would wrinkle so much when buying it.  But loads of patience did it and there's barely no wrinkles in piece of the dress .


Well, that's all so far... :-)

I still got tons of work to do but its doing good so far !!!

Creating my solo dress!!

I think the toughest part is done... (well at least for the moment)

 

The sketch of my dress and the pattern are ready!!!! Now a big challenge comes, I need to choose two or three kinds of fabric (for the base, the marked details and maybe for the knots.) Also the pleats I was thinking of doing them in a color lighter than the base color.

Yesterday I had a revelation: Since I love sewing and Irish dancing, why not make a solo dress?
Feisanna don't even exist in my country, so the whole point will be mixing my two favorite things in life.

I started with a blank page. I knew some things for sure: deffinetly not puffballs or pleated skirts, also not figure skating look. A tennis style skirt is what I wanted. Also dropped waist. (will that make me look shorter? because i'm petit size).

Now is where the real challenge begins...


This are the colors I want: either purple and white, or green and white or silver.
I realized its very hard to decide how to make the knots for the dress and where to put them! I'm still in process...

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Oh well I know its late but, I hope you all Irish fans enjoyed it !!!

Irish Dancing My love :-)

Every day I notice how much I love Irish Dancing.  We are starting with our classes and practice, and everyday Im as excited as the first day I took my first class... and even more!

What's new?

A new year is beginning for me, even if it already started (we are 3 months away from new year's eve), it feels now it is really coming out! My dancing classes are starting today, i'm so excited!  My university classes will officially start next month but I already found the nursery where my son will attend and he likes it! It is hard I thought about leaving university in order to focus on my dancing and family. But I feel too old to just dance, plus I enjoy my university classes, I'll give it a try. As long as my dancing I will see how its going and what opportunities appear. I'm still dreaming of doing my TCRG one day!!

Some nice material for beginner Irish Dancers! Part 1

Ballet Positions! Very useful pictures for beginners. Super easy to understand.

EISTEDDFOD

The Eisteddfod is a traditional Welsh festivity that includes music, dancing and poetry. The word Eisteddfod means "To be sit". The festivity is hold in Whales, Australia and Argentina. I am gonna talk a bit about the argentinean one.
The Argentinean government gave the opportunity to the welsh community to establish themselves in a new place where they wouldn't be judged by their religion, costumes or language. Lewis Jones and Edwyin C. Roberts prepared all burocratic issues before the first boat arrived to Argentina, in 1865. Since then they have nurtured their culture and kept it alive.
The Eisteddfod is hold in Trevelin (Town), Gaiman (town), Puerto Madryn (city) and Trelew(city). Gaiman and Trevelin are the biggest references of welsh towns in Argentina. Trelew is a big city where the most important Eisteddfod is hold, in October. Though the city itself isn't a pure and exclusive welsh place, it is influenced by Gaiman that is next to it. Puerto Madryn is a city by the sea, also influenced a bit by the welsh culture.

This is the welsh flag! A dragon ! how cool is that haha!

Scusa ma ti chiamo amore - I am sorry if I call you Love

 The other day I finished reading this book. It is a very cute love story and I recomend it to all those dreamer girls that need some inspiration.  Very few descriptions on characters let you imagine them as your pleasure. But do not think they are just plain characters, as the story develops you discover their unique personalities.
  Italy. Niki is a young girl who is finishing her last year at high school. Alex is an advertising enterpreneur who in his late thirties. Niki meets Alex when he drives his car over her. What he does not know is that incident will change his life forever. The plot also develops the love relationships and adventures of several characters at different stages of life and situations.
 The book mixes love with everyday situations in a very realistic way that makes you feel part of the story. If you have the chance to read it, it is a highly-recomended book. If not you can watch the movie, with the same name.